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> <channel><title>Sven Welzel - blog.sven.co.za - www.svenwelzel.com &#187; General</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.sven.co.za/category/general/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.sven.co.za</link> <description>The Blog of Sven Welzel</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:13:45 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>AXXESS / Afrihost / IS / MWeb DSL slow-to-no international browsing update</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/browsing-speed-update/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/browsing-speed-update/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:39:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[connectivity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international browsing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[offline]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seacom]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1026</guid> <description><![CDATA[For what it&#8217;s worth: an alleged SEACOM cable break a few kilometers from Alexandria &#8211; eta of 2.5hrs or so&#8230; ﻿]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/browsing-speed-update/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/20/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-06-20/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/20/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-06-20/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:04:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tweet]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/20/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-06-20/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Well done to #MEX! # #Mex now on their third goal in the #WorldCup against #Fra &#8211; 2101st goal!! # #FRA will have to catch up! # Hurray for #Mex for their second goal in the #Worldcup # 2100&#039;th #FIFA #Worldcup Goal! #]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/20/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-06-20/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>#Twitter taking #WorldCup strain during matches like #FRA v #MEX</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/17/twitter-taking-worldcup-strain-during-matches-like-fra-v-mex/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/17/twitter-taking-worldcup-strain-during-matches-like-fra-v-mex/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:38:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[availability]]></category> <category><![CDATA[high availability]]></category> <category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[uptime]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=831</guid> <description><![CDATA[http://status.twitter.com/ is reporting the High Error Rate on Twitter.com since yesterday already, and #Trends have been temporarily disabled since the 15th of June. On Monday the 14th of June, #Twitter blamed the site availability issues on the failed enhancements to their #Timeline Cache. At that stage, it took them a good 5 hours to restore [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/17/twitter-taking-worldcup-strain-during-matches-like-fra-v-mex/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Google services now hosting in South Africa and whois.co.za</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/30/google-services-now-hosting-in-south-africa-youtube-co-za-whois-co-za/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/30/google-services-now-hosting-in-south-africa-youtube-co-za-whois-co-za/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 18:12:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[co.za]]></category> <category><![CDATA[domain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[googlevideo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hosting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[local]]></category> <category><![CDATA[whois]]></category> <category><![CDATA[youtube]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=739</guid> <description><![CDATA[Google.co.za is doing it, Gmail is doing it &#8212; resolving to 196.23.168.147 &#8211; hosted by Internet Solutions, and reverse-IP&#8217;ing to za196-23-168-147.cache.googlevideo.com (which suggests the implemenation of local youtube caching (youtube.co.za is in the offing for some time now)) &#8211; full rundown here. Youtube.co.za &#8212; registered by MarkMonitor on behalf of Google &#8211; was last updated [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/30/google-services-now-hosting-in-south-africa-youtube-co-za-whois-co-za/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SEACOM link was down again, stable now</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/04/seacom-link-was-down-again-stable-now/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/04/seacom-link-was-down-again-stable-now/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 17:53:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seacom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[latency]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mtunzini]]></category> <category><![CDATA[network]]></category> <category><![CDATA[south africa]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=712</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;SEACOM&#8217;s backhaul service provider link is down from Mtunzini to Johannesburg due to an unusual failure on both primary and secondary routes due to circumstances beyond our control. SEACOM is in the process of reprovisioning customers onto a tertiary route.&#8221; is what SEACOM announced today. Some ISPs confirmed that SEACOM connectivity was restored at around [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/04/seacom-link-was-down-again-stable-now/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Back from Tanzania and Kilimanjaro 2010!!</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/02/09/back-from-tanzania-and-kilimanjaro-2010/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/02/09/back-from-tanzania-and-kilimanjaro-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:26:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kilimanjaro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tanzania]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=438</guid> <description><![CDATA[Made it back safe and sound from Tanzania &#8212; an amazing country! Went all the way to the top of Mt Kilimanjaro (Uhuru Peak, 5895m) on Jan 30, 2010 at 06:10am ) Pictures are up at http://www.kilimanjaro2010.co.za &#8211; more narrative will follow at some stage Yay!!!!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/02/09/back-from-tanzania-and-kilimanjaro-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Now on Technorati too</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/18/now-on-technorati-too/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/18/now-on-technorati-too/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:55:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kilimanjaro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tanzania]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technorati]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=416</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wow, that took long! The authority process does take its automatin&#8217; time! And the count-down to Kilimanjaro is on &#8212; only a few more days to go to before heading to the top &#8211; and Tanzania!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/18/now-on-technorati-too/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Y2K vs 2010 vs 2016 &#8212; year rollover still an issue</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/06/y2k-vs-2010-vs-2016-year-rollover-still-an-issue/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/06/y2k-vs-2010-vs-2016-year-rollover-still-an-issue/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:39:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2010]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012]]></category> <category><![CDATA[banks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[integrity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rollover]]></category> <category><![CDATA[y2k]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=408</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ain&#8217;t that a kick in the head! Rollover from 2009 to 2010 has not been processed correctly on many systems, including Symantec&#8217;s Endpoint Protection Manager, they have confirmed in a statement An issue has been identified in the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) server whereby all types of SEP definition content [AV/AS, IPS] with a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/06/y2k-vs-2010-vs-2016-year-rollover-still-an-issue/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Happy 2010!</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/01/happy-2010/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/01/happy-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:31:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=406</guid> <description><![CDATA[Another year, another at least 730-odd opportunities! All the best for the next 8760 hours!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/01/01/happy-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>news.bbc.co.uk looping includes, broken</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/12/news-bbc-co-uk-looping-includes-broken/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/12/news-bbc-co-uk-looping-includes-broken/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:32:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bbc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[errors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[website]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=369</guid> <description><![CDATA[It seems that a looped include error has broken http://news.bbc.co.uk, creating repetitive nestings -- or just a whole whack of emphasis on the Copenhagen climate change story which is self-included 5 times - no wonder the poor BBC Apache server reports "[an error occurred while processing this directive]" -- seems that there is an incorrect citing or link... ho hum... happens to all of us :)
I'm sure it'll be fixed soon (though the last update time points to either a serious error or a very slow news day Blair: 'Right to remove' Saddam is competing directly with the Climate change prosters march in Copenhagen story (which incidentally does not have a link on the page...)]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/12/news-bbc-co-uk-looping-includes-broken/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MTN Business goes down &#8211; Network Outage over</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/02/mtn-business-goes-down-network-outage-over/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/02/mtn-business-goes-down-network-outage-over/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:46:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[downtime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mtn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[server]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=354</guid> <description><![CDATA[Seems as though systems are being restarted / links restored, 1hr 10 min later&#8230; Whole of South Africa was affected by the network outage. Running commentary here. To quote the WebAfrica forum &#8220;Is this &#8220;network issue&#8221; anything to do with the power failure (and generator backup failure) that occurred at MTN moments ago bringing down [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/02/mtn-business-goes-down-network-outage-over/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MTN Business goes down</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/02/mtn-business-goes-down/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/02/mtn-business-goes-down/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[datacentre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[downtime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mtn]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=336</guid> <description><![CDATA[So MTN Business&#8217;s Datacentre is down (was Verizon Business, was UUNET). JNB issue, but whole network affected. Should sites not resolve, that&#8217;s most likely the problem. No indication of source of issue (Telkom ATM link? faulty Cisco router reload?) We await with baited breath&#8230; Meanwhile, iol.co.za and FNB, as well as iafrica.com and Standard Bank, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/02/mtn-business-goes-down/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Unproductive Video Conferences</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/29/unproductive-video-conferences/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/29/unproductive-video-conferences/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:34:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[management]]></category> <category><![CDATA[muppets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video conference]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=325</guid> <description><![CDATA[Depending on how tight your handle is on the management of a video-conference, and what your expected outcomes are, there is a danger that the video-conference may become unproductive It&#8217;s all about the planned and structured way of planning a meeting&#8230; The high-def version (so so worth it!!!) is 122MB as an MP4 file]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/29/unproductive-video-conferences/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Serving video off the cloud</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/10/26/serving-video-off-the-cloud/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/10/26/serving-video-off-the-cloud/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:30:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=229</guid> <description><![CDATA[The website for Love never Dies features three videos, one of the Coney Island Waltz, and the other of the press release of the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. However, the video, run via the jquery plugin of an SWF video player is being served off http://cloudfront.loveneverdies.com. Which is in the cloud. The FLV file [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/10/26/serving-video-off-the-cloud/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/10/04/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-04/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/10/04/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-04/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:04:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tweet]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/10/04/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-04/</guid> <description><![CDATA[status.twitter.com says nooooooothing about it, but links are being dropped by #twitter&#8230; ho hum&#8230; # #Twitter seems to be timing out from Texan servers&#39; connections &#8211; what&#39;s up with that? #]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/10/04/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-10-04/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/09/13/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-13/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/09/13/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-13/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:04:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tweet]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/09/13/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-13/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Now also on #siliconcape &#8211; http://synch.cc is represented! # New ClamAV / clamscan / freshclam on old Ubuntu (Feisty or the like) http://r.sven.co.za/u/17 #]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/09/13/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-09-13/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/08/30/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-08-30/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/08/30/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-08-30/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:04:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tweet]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/08/30/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-08-30/</guid> <description><![CDATA[¿umop apisdn upside down? #]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/08/30/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-08-30/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/08/23/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-08-23/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/08/23/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-08-23/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:04:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tweet]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/08/23/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-08-23/</guid> <description><![CDATA[OK, so the newsfeed stuff is quite cool # Generating some traffic on twitter &#8212; more wasted bytest traversing the web&#8230; #]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/08/23/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-08-23/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Another old favourite is back</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/06/22/another-old-favourite-is-back/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/06/22/another-old-favourite-is-back/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:12:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=125</guid> <description><![CDATA[http://www.synch.co.za is back (after a sabbatical of some time) so everything&#8217;s all happy again on the site, as well as on http://synch.co.za &#8212; in the meantime, only the URL synch.cc had been active. It&#8217;s been a while!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/06/22/another-old-favourite-is-back/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Almost forgot about the tweet!</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/06/16/almost-forgot-about-the-tweet/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/06/16/almost-forgot-about-the-tweet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:13:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=121</guid> <description><![CDATA[What would a search-engine say if I didn&#8217;t add the basic link to the source of tweets (that comes back here if all goes well): http://twitter.com/svenwelzel But you figured that out already]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/06/16/almost-forgot-about-the-tweet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
